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If the Universe came from Nothing, that doesn't mean there is no afterlife

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Some people believe that our universe came from nothing. Now we can debate about what nothing means, but that is not what I intend to do. I think a Christian should look at this as good news, too. But I realized that there is something optimistic about coming from nothing. It means that anything is possible. If our whole entire universe came from nothing, then that means that anything can always come from nothing. Think about it. And this is based on the premise that you do believe that the universe came from nothing. If the universe came from literally nothing, then that means anything is possible. If the universe came from nothing, then that means that a universe can be created again and again because nothing is needed for anything to manifest.

I realized that if all of us came from nothing, it would be silly to believe that we wouldn't live again. I'm not saying we have a soul or not. And I'm not trying to determine what the definition of self is. But you will regain consciousness in another form. There are over 7 billion people. And billions have lived before us. Are all these billions of people all just experiencing a live one time miracle? Really? We all come from the same stuff that was created at the beginning. So if NOTHING can create everything, then nothing is needed for you to live again. You are alive now. Why would now be any different than the future? And if you're not an energy, a soul, or a consciousness, then you are just a collection of your experiences. You are just brain cells. And if that is the case, then you are not the same person as you were yesterday or last year, since billions of cells change all of the time. Yet, you still consider yourself you. So I see no reason why a person would never be able to take on another life form with a conscience.

Think about this. Whatever made you come into an existence has to happen again if you think about it. Why is that? Because nothing will exist for eternity. Or either nothing OR something will exist. And if nothing can create something, then you have an eternity to wait for conscience again. No think about it. Even if it took 1000000000000000000 years to transpire, you won't notice it. If you were made out of nothing, than nothing can and will make ''you'' again because you literally have eternity of nothing to wait. If life happened once, the law of averages insists it must happen again. You have an eternity to wait for the next ''miracle.''
 
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CuriousEn said:
Some people believe that our universe came from nothing. Now we can debate about what nothing means, but that is not what I intend to do.
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If we debated that, we surely wouldn't have proceeded to the rest of your post. In fact, your entire post is based on the premise that we came from nothing, which I don't believe.

The origin of the universe is unknown, though I would assert that we are confident we know some things about the universe 13 billion years ago, which some believe was the beginning. This is very tricky territory. There are things you need to understand about physics in order to grasp what occurred at the big bang. In a singularity (what scientists believe the universe was), time doesn't exist. So you can argue that there literally was never a beginning, even though we can trace back to what seems to be the beginning through our perception of time as it exists today. With that said, if we were to somehow exist 13 billion years ago, time would be slowed significantly enough for us to perhaps believe the beginning of the universe was yet another 13 billion years behind us, which might seem like a second now. Therefore there was never a beginning.
 
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Reading through your writing made it clear to me that your looking at this from a very narrow minded view. And I am not saying that to sound offensive, but your telling everyone that nothing created everything.

If nothing created everything, then is everything nothing?

No one knows who or what caused the universe to exist exactly and we don't know how big the universe is. So how can you say that you know the way the universe was created when you have no clue how old or how big the universe actually is?
 
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He's not saying that he knows, he's saying that IF this is true, then it's a really good thing.
I agree, OP.
 
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Or you can go the other way and see pure consciousness as the 'nothing' which created time, space, energy and eventually matter.
From that point of view, consciousness that is both conscious and unconscious is constantly creating and recreating on an individual, collective and planetary level etc.
Hence it is by tapping into greater consciousness that the seemingly impossible feats of people like Jesus were possible - because everything comes from consciousness.

But I also think there is a lot more to the universe than what we are capable of observing.
Our viewpoint says more about us than it does the universe itself.
Even the age is calculated by earth standards so 13 billion of our years could be 13 years for a planet orbiting a star a billion times bigger than ours.
 
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The presence or absence of an afterlife cannot be known for certain. It is a supernatural conceptualization that is not verifiable; therefore, it is impossible to accurately measure. Tread softly in epistemological crevices like this.
 
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At present I have nothing to contribute to this as I am pondering on what you've written, but this is the most compelling thing I've read in terms of justifying the idea that there may be an afterlife. I think most people view an afterlife as still maintaining our sense of self and who we are at present after we are dead. I do not think that is true. I can't seen an after life just being a continuation of the present one. Anyway, I am pondering. Thank you for the thoughts.
 
Thanks for sharing this. It makes sense to me. What lead you to wonder about this?
 
I somewhat identify with this.

I wouldn't call it afterlife though, just another life. Or maybe reincarnation of sorts. I mean who's to say that this isn't an afterlife right now? Or even an after after after afterlife?

However, I don't think the universe came from nothing. I think it is eternal. I realize this was an 'if' statement though.
 
This reminds me of the theory of multiple universes. Why presume that if there will be more than one, that they will be consecutive and not simultaneous? "You" might be living a billion different lives right now. But since, obviously, none of that knowledge, or experience intersects with one's life here and now, does such a possibility make any difference to us in this life, now?

Is it any consolation that in a parrallel universe, you might be completely happy - or, perhaps, completely miserable? I think the life that counts is this one, in this universe. And as this universe and all in it came out of nothing unpredictably, presumably it and all that is in it can return to nothing unpredictably. If our life has any semblance of durability, or 'eternity' - more properly to us 'aeviternity' - then it is entirely connected and formed in part with our present mundane life.
 
Whether the universe came from something and from nothing, it doesn't change that it is what it is :)
 
I believe that life exists where nothing meets something.
 
i think it's interesting that the universe is seen as having something to do (i should say having any similarities with respect to existance) in common with the afterlife. the way i understand it, the universe is a physical thing. the afterlife is a concept.
another thought i had...
nothing is something's opposite, which in itself makes it something. seriously contradictory, but it made sense to me at the time.
 
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Sometimes I actually try to think of nothing. I find myself doing nothing other times. One can try to shut the whole world out, but it doesn't create a state of nothingness. In Christianity, God was there in the beginning. I see nothing differently than the average guy, because there is always something going on somewhere........................................The older I get, the stronger my spirit becomes. It is not difficult for me to see that spirit shedding its body to become as new life in spirit form.
 
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I offer the following.

"Life is the universe made conscious." - Me

I have spent the better part of my life looking for this type of answer and those related to it. I have researched those that have explored the inner mind as well as those that have explored the known universe. My view on life has changed with my own life. This is what I currently believe.

I believe there is a high probability we are a simulation on some level. Take your pick as to our purpose. I currently lean towards the idea that we created this place. We know we are energy, something science has proven. I think we come from a place where we can do anything and everything we can imagine. Death is unknown where we come from. Now, imagine how you would feel after 1000 years of living in your mind free of any limitations. Imagine how you would feel after 1 million. I suggest you would become bored on a level you cant even imagine. What would be the cure, the solution, the vacation to this? I suggest you work in a combined effort with others and create a world where "souls" (for lack of a better word) can go and experience existence with "rules." Where you role the dice, enter and you live a finite amount of time and then come back. Why? Because it is a vacation, a break from the monotony of being all powerful.

Just an idea.
 
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Everything came out of nothing. No-thing. Things aren't the only things there are. If that makes sense.Things are part of our universe and therefore part of the creation or invention or whatever it is. So is time so any notion of before or after is a construst. Just like things areWe don't know what no-thing is. But it is something
 
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